BIONICLE: MATA NUI SAGA (10th Anniversary Edition)

[@jacksongarcia6316]

Michael Dorn does a really great job here. This is a lot of deep lore stuff (much more so than The Legend Reborn), and he probably didn't understand a lot of it, but he delivers it all really well- not like he's simply reading a script, but like he's well-versed and genuinely giving a good voiceover.

[@TammyCalamity]

Yes! At no point does anything jump out at you as sounding 'off'. He has a background of sci-fi/fantasy which probably helped. If you listen to the full 'AVO' on BioMedia Project there's some re-takes as well!

[@jacksongarcia6316]

@@TammyCalamity I didn't know the AVO was available! Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that out!

[@RennovaMOCs]

Oddly enough, this is much better structured than what was presented on the site.

[@TammyCalamity]

Thank you! The BMP has Michael Dorn's original recording, it was originally written and recorded in chronological order. I'm glad to finally sort it out!

[@fictionverse7292]

Yeah, when I saw it I was confused

[@curtisleblanc5897]

The great cataclysm scene as it was shown on site is literally between two "2010 final battle" scenes. So it sound like Matoran Universe Makuta threw Prototype Mata Nui into Aqua Magna, then it continues as if that didn't happen.

[@jackpfefferkorn3734]

Even if this wasn't the ending that the Bionicle story team wanted, I think they managed to wrap things up on a pretty beautiful note. I'm imagining the scene of two great spirit robots lying next to each other, one smashed and sprawled, the other lying peacefully. The toa, matoran and everyone else inside the MU starting new lives alongside the agori and glatorian. Bara Magna becoming much more hospitable to life now that it has been reformed into Spherus Magna. Mata Nui is dormant again, but this time it's to rest after sacrificing everything for his people, and maybe one day, he shall return.

[@TammyCalamity]

I agree, for the very limited notice they got, it was pretty decent sendoff :)

[@tranqle73]

The names you’ve made for these segments are such clever callbacks, love them.

[@TammyCalamity]

Thanks, I had fun with them! :D

[@cordax63]

The music in the background makes it so good.

[@TammyCalamity]

It actually fits in pretty well with the MNOG music!

[@vwvn4056]

Always gives me goosebumps instantly when listening to it.

[@austingray6885]

Take a shot every time he says “body”

[@FlorMattheeuws]

It’s years since i’ve seen this, and it’s much better than I remember. Sad we never got a sequal to the legend reborn. It would have been a much better ending to this fantastic franchise.

[@TammyCalamity]

I'll always be impressed with how much story Greg managed to squash in between this and the Journey's End book.

[@catpin]

​@@TammyCalamity we never got Bionicle comes between Bionicle The Mask Of Light and Bionicle The Legend Reborn it's such a shame and it's also very sad as well

[@VetusPupa]

No dislikes *perfection*

[@TammyCalamity]

Thank you, it took a surprising amount of work :)

[@Avaruusmurkku]

Bionicle may have been cut short, but it achieved what vast majority of other stories do not. _The serene, fulfilling ending._

[@TammyCalamity]

It might not have been ideal, but I respect the heck out of what Greg was able to wrap up in a very small space of time.

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

childhood restored

[@TammyCalamity]

Childhood Magna :P

[@kunlesanders]

Bionicle series R.I.P. (sniff)

[@curtisleblanc5897]

Thank you so much for making this.

[@TammyCalamity]

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@curtisleblanc5897]

@@TammyCalamity Of course! :)

[@vwvn4056]

I just had a nolstalgia overdose.

[@TammyCalamity]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@NobodyofNot]

Why does the robots head switch between the two versions?

[@TammyCalamity]

Aha, someone noticed! According to BS01, Brian Ellis misunderstood which robot Mata Nui was in at different times, and so originally draw some the images wrong. He later corrected them, but has only release hi-res versions of the incorrect versions. So I've used the hi-res (but inaccurate) versions for the zoom-out, and then switched to the accurate (but lower-res) versions later. It was the best I could do for everyone.

[@tcarpillo]

Incredible video! Does anyone know what is the song in the background? It’s incredibly creepy but amazing at the same time.

[@TammyCalamity]

It's the background music from the original Mata Nui Saga from 2010, you can download it here: biomediaproject.com/bmp/music/

[@mostcomplicatedman8115]

omg this was amazing i love the lore

[@TammyCalamity]

Really glad you enjoyed it :)

[@laloloopsyplays2902]

Any one else trying to collect bionicle sets

[@TammyCalamity]

Probably most of us! Are there any you particularly want to get?

[@laloloopsyplays2902]

@@TammyCalamity I'm trying to get toa mata nui and toa mata

[@casuallavaring]

Awesome

[@TammyCalamity]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@Luka1180]

Were the artworks upressed with one of Topaz' AI upressers?

[@TammyCalamity]

Thankfully the artist Brian Ellis uploaded high-res versions to his website a few years ago.

[@SpacklerStudios]

​@@TammyCalamityHe did, though the ones of Mata Nui's past had the Prototype Robot design used where the Great Spirit one should've been

[@MrBLUERANGERHERO]

The accuracy is slightly off. The prototype robot was built LONG before the Core War. Also, you got Scott McNeil in on this?!

[@TammyCalamity]

This is the order those flashbacks occur in the original, and that Michael Dorn originally recorded the script in. Both segments were just marked as 'long-ago', which allows it to make more sense narratively in this order, without *technically* breaking canon. The Scott McNeill portion is pulled from an interview in his garden where someone asked him to record it, I cleaned it up best I could.

[@MrBLUERANGERHERO]

@@TammyCalamity Fair enough.

[@simplemonks7858]

1+ sub!

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Mata nui talks like minotaur from Disney's Hercules the animated series and weasel from Warner bros show i am weasel

[@deetay59]

The Mata Nui robot crashed on aqua magna during the eventa of legends of metru nui

[@TammyCalamity]

Yes it did - I was so pleased to finally see this version of it!

[@deetay59]

@@TammyCalamity cause he said his systems crashed during an attack by makuta while he was heading back to spherus magna and he crashed on aqua magna and his gace wss covered by the island of mata nui which the matoran were guided to by brave toa after they became turaga and im like so that was during the events of the metru nui saga

[@SupBro-ww9go]

Cue the windows error sound